The Effect of Training on Dementia Care among Nurses: A Systematic Review

Sri Mulyani; Probosuseno Probosuseno; Intansari Nurjannah

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2021.5969

Authors

Sri Mulyani Department of Mental Health and Community, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Probosuseno Probosuseno Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1243-6835
Intansari Nurjannah Department of Mental Health and Community, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5406-8727

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.5969

Keywords:

Dementia, Training, Education, Nurses

Abstract

Background: Dementia has become a global concern in ageing societies nowadays. Nurses have major roles in caring for dementia patients in various settings. There have been many trainings on dementia conducted for nurses and other health staff. However, reviews of the effect of the trainings on nurses are still scarce. This paper aims to review the impact of training on dementia care among nurses in differents settings.

Method: systematic search from Medline, Pubmed and Scopus was conducted until February 2019. Additional references were collected using Google Scholar. The inclusion criteria were: primary papers, written in English, involving nurses, and related to dementia.

Results: There were 20 papers included in this review. In terms of methodology, most of the articles employ quantitative method (90%). Only one article uses qualitative method (5%) and another one employs mixed methods design (5%). Pretest and posttest design is the mostly used design and four articles use Randomized Control Trial (RCT). The settings of the papers were nursing home or long-term care facilities (45%), hospitals (35%) and other settings (20%). The lenght of the training was varied from 2 hours to 18 hours within a maximum period of eight months. The various outcome measures are categorised into four domains: cognitive, physical, psychological and working performance. The results of the review indicate that training and education for nurses can improve their knowledge, attitude, confidence and self efficacy towards better dementia care. However, the results regarding staff burnout, stress and physical health complaint are still unclear.

Conclusion: raining and education in dementia care were varied and generally improve nurses’ capacities mainly in cognitive domain. However, the effect for the psychological and their working performance were still doubted

Keywords: dementia, training, education, nurses

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